Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new diminutive balaenid from the lower Pliocene of Belgium

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 793-816

  Bisconti, Michelangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balaenidae; Balaenula; Belgium; Cetacea; Mysticeti; Phylogeny; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; WHALE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BALAENA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENELLA BRACHYRHYNUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; MYSTICETI; ZANCLEA;

EID: 22444440323     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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